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<span class=large>THE PROVERBS</span>
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CHAPTER 30
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Every word of God is pure—Give me neither poverty nor riches.
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The</span> words of Agur the son of Jakeh, <i>even</i> the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
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Surely I <i>am</i> more brutish than <i>any</i> man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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I neither learned wisdom, nor have the <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 9: 10.">knowledge</a> of the holy.
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Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?  who hath gathered the wind in his fists?  who hath bound the waters in a garment?  who hath established all the ends of the earth?  what <i>is</i> his name, and what <i>is</i> his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
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Every word of God <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Perfection of.">pure</a>: he <i>is</i> a <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/30/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 84: 11.">shield</a> unto them that put their trust in him.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Preservation of.">Add</a> thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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Two <i>things</i> have I required of thee; deny me <i>them </i>not before I die:
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Remove far from me <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vanity.">vanity</a> and lies: give me neither poverty nor <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/30/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">riches</a>; feed me with <sup>c</sup><a href="prov/30/8c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB bread of my portion; i.e. allotted food.">food</a> convenient for me:
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Lest I be full, and <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 101: 5.">deny</a> <i>thee,</i> and say, Who <i>is</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?  or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God <i>in vain.</i>
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Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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<i>There is</i> a generation <i>that</i> curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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<i>There is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 32: 5; Ps. 95: 10; Heb. 3: 10.">generation</a> <i>that are</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/30/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Prov. 16: 2.">pure</a> in their own eyes, and <i>yet</i> is not washed from their <sup>c</sup><a href="prov/30/12c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Filthiness.">filthiness</a>.
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<i>There is</i> a generation, O how lofty are their <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 131: 1.">eyes</a>!  and their eyelids are lifted up.
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<i>There is</i> a generation, whose <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 57: 4.">teeth</a> <i>are as</i> swords, and their jaw teeth <i>as</i> knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from <i>among</i> men.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/15a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE a blood sucking parasite which is seemingly never satiated.">horseleach</a> hath two daughters, <i>crying,</i> Give, give. There are three <i>things that</i> are never satisfied, <i>yea,</i> four <i>things</i> say not, <i>It is</i> enough:
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The grave; and the barren womb; the earth <i>that</i> is not filled with water; and the fire <i>that</i> saith not, <i>It is</i> enough.
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The eye <i>that</i> mocketh at <i>his</i> father, and despiseth to obey <i>his</i> mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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There be three <i>things which</i> are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
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Such <i>is</i> the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Jn. 1: 8 (8-10).">mouth</a>, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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For three <i>things</i> the earth is disquieted, and for four <i>which</i> it cannot bear:
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For a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 19: 10.">servant</a> when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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For an odious <i>woman</i> when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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There be four <i>things which are</i> little upon the earth, but they <i>are</i> exceeding wise:
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 6: 6.">ants</a> <i>are</i> a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/26a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE small animals, such as the rock-badger.">conies</a> <i>are but</i> a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
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There be three <i>things</i> which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
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A lion <i>which is</i> strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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A <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/31a" mark="a" type="D" title="Heb. uncertain; perhaps ‘war-horse.’">greyhound</a>; an he goat also; and a king, against whom <i>there is</i> no rising up.
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If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, <i>lay</i> thine hand upon thy mouth.
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Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/30/33a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Strife.">strife</a>.
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